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Check out the money quote: W. Todd Groce, president of the Historical Society, said the site was picked because it is where the burning took place
1 posted on 04/07/2011 4:36:56 AM PDT by doodad
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To: doodad

What DON’T they object to?


2 posted on 04/07/2011 4:46:01 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic. Now, More Than Ever.)
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3 posted on 04/07/2011 4:54:23 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: doodad

Someone help me out - are they objecting to the war that freed the slaves? This is bizarro world.

If democrats are objecting to that, it’s perfectly understandle, seeing as how the rats are trying to re-institute slavery.

I’m going back to bed. Wake me up when we land back on Earth.


4 posted on 04/07/2011 4:56:00 AM PDT by sergeantdave (The democrat party is a seditious organization and must be outlawed)
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To: doodad

who cares what they think, like, dislike?


5 posted on 04/07/2011 4:56:34 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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“It seems to be honoring something that reminds us of some tragic occurrences that happened to our people at the time. The whole war itself centered around the slave issue,” said R.L. White, president of the NAACP’s Atlanta branch. “We accept that it’s history but would like to see it done somewhere else than the heart of the civil rights historic district. It’s kind of tragic that the state is choosing that location.”
It literally makes no sense for the NAACP to object to an historical marker put in the history district of Atlanta. Why in the world is it “tragic” for the state of Georgia to choose that location? My only thought is that the NAACP, besides being inveterate complainers, feel that MLK Drive should not be overshadowed in any way by another historical reference. Honestly, I was surprised there was not already a commemoration of the burning of Atlanta.


6 posted on 04/07/2011 5:00:00 AM PDT by sueuprising (The best of it is, God is with us-John Wesley)
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To: doodad

Every thoroughfare named after MLK I’ve ever encountered has been an artery of crime running through the city. Want drugs, a prostitute, or just to be shot? Check out MLK Jr. Drive.


8 posted on 04/07/2011 5:07:23 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: doodad

What is the NAACP complaining about? Are they not aware that the fall of Atlanta was a Confederate defeat and a Union victory?


11 posted on 04/07/2011 5:22:17 AM PDT by K-Stater
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Sherman Happens!


13 posted on 04/07/2011 5:33:40 AM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: doodad

I think they’re objecting to having whitey do anything in their black separatist district.


15 posted on 04/07/2011 5:47:08 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said it doesn’t mind remembering history
(In my best Elvis voice ...) Well, thank you very much.
21 posted on 04/07/2011 6:20:22 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: doodad

Sounds like a logical place to place the marker, but the NAACP has never had much going for it in the way of logic.


24 posted on 04/07/2011 7:36:14 AM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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